A Predictive Model for Penicillin Skin Testing
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Recommendations for penicillin skin testing in Taiwan.
Penicillin, or other forms of it, is one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections. Penicillin allergy may present with a wide range of symptoms and signs from mild ones such as runny nose, rash or hives on the skin, to deadly angioedema, asthmatic attack, and anaphylactic shock. The purposes of a penicillin skin test (PST) are to identify people at risk of a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0091-6749
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.12.368